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  • In The Film Version Of Ray Bradbury’s ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on May 29, 2010
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    In the film version of Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” the action starts with a cold October wind blowing through a Midwestern town. Let’s look at the theater film preview of this film and give you an idea of what I’m talking about. The “October People” had come with their ...read more

  • I Think I Was In My Pre-Teen Years, When Someone ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 28, 2003
     | 1,701 views

    "I think I was in my pre-teen years, when someone whose name I did not hear at the time said this half in jest, but it made its point with me when I heard it and has stayed with me all these years. . He was British, and talking to an American pastor when he said, “The problem with you American ...read more

  • A Prayer Nag! (09.28.05--Teach Me To ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 26, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    A Prayer Nag! (09.28.05--Teach Me to Pray!--Colossians 1:9) Does god ever weary of hearing our prayers? I mean, it’s the same old, same old–day in and day out. Does He really need to hear the same things over and over again? Being a “broken record,” the one that just can’t get over the rut in ...read more

  • I Heard Bro. J. T. Pugh Tell A Story Of One Of ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    I heard Bro. J. T. Pugh tell a story of one of the four men who made such a dramatic impact on his life. He mentioned that this man was an evangelist back in the 1940’s. The nation was still in the midst of great financial throes from the Great Depression and from the Second World War. He said ...read more

  • I Conducted A Personal Survey For An Evangelism ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on May 14, 2001
    based on 137 ratings
     | 1,855 views

    I conducted a personal survey for an evangelism course in seminary, examining the ways people come to faith in Christ. The single most influence in leading people to Christ? By far, it was the parents. Behind parents came pastors, youth pastors, Sunday School teachers, adults of the church. The ...read more

  • Republican Churchgoers: According To New Pew ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,280 views

    Republican Churchgoers: According to new Pew Research Center data, evangelical Protestants have shifted toward the Republican Party over the past 15 years. In ‘87 and ‘88, white evangelical Protestants were split fairly evenly (34% Republicans, 31% Democrats). Today, Republicans have a nearly ...read more

  • No To Oppose Gay 'marriage': A Recent Survey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,295 views

    No To Oppose Gay ’Marriage’: A recent survey found that a majority of Americans oppose same-sex "marriage" and favor amending the Constitution to ban such unions. The findings of the New York Times/CBS News poll revealed: 61% oppose gay “marriage,” and 55% favor a constitutional ban. 57% of ...read more

  • Teen Abortions Are Now Just 19% Of The Total ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Teen Abortions are now just 19% of the total number, according to a study by Janice Crouse of the Beverly LaHaye Institute. Women over 20 get 80% of all abortions, with 48% by women 25 and older, increasingly as a method of birth control. Repeat abortions have also risen steadily over the years, ...read more

  • Virginity Value: "Adolescent Virginity Has A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Virginity Value: “Adolescent virginity has a significant impact on well-being in middle adulthood,” says Focus on the Family Medical Issues Analyst Reginald Finger, M.D., M.P.H. “Men and women who were virgins at age 18, when evaluated approximately 20 years later, had about half the risk of ...read more

  • Willing To Be Corrected, Citation: Jack Hayford, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,866 views

    [Willing to Be Corrected, Citation: Jack Hayford, Midday Connection (11-28-01), used with permission from the Moody Broadcasting Network] Pastor Jack Hayford tells the following story… Early in his career, Matt Redman, the popular Christian musician in Britain, was singing with his church’s praise ...read more

  • There Is A Story About The Apostle John At The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a story about the Apostle John at the end of his life. He was the pastor at the church in Ephesus, and at this point he was so old that he could no longer walk. Sunday after Sunday they other elders would carry him in on a mat and set him in the middle of the assembly. From this mat he ...read more

  • I Have Been In This Business For 51 Years, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I have been in this business for 51 years, during which time a lot of prominent, gifted leaders have crashed and burned. I think of one in a major southern city who had a large work, a creative ministry in the arts that was widely known. Women in his church sued him and his staff for seducing ...read more

  • When I Was About Six Years Old, I Heard The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,831 views

    When I was about six years old, I heard the pastor preach a message about the "Second Coming" of Christ. He emphasized the initial part of Christ’s return, what we like to call the "Rapture of the Church". He explained in great details the events that would transpire: people disappearing, worldwide ...read more

  • Facts And Faith

    Contributed by Rolando Delgado on Sep 22, 2010
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    FACTS AND FAITH Un pastor estaba hablando a su congregación sobre la relación de los hechos y la fe. Y les decía: "Que ustedes estén sentados aquí delante de mi, es un hecho. Que yo estoy aquí detrás del púlpito hablándole, es un hecho. Que yo crea que alguien me este prestando atención, es ...read more

  • Drive-Thru Fellowship  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 21, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,059 views

    DRIVE-THRU FELLOWSHIP This week I read a story about a pastor traveling with a Brazilian seminary student. Along the way the pastor asked the student if he would like to stop for a cup of coffee. The student said, "I would be honored." So he swung into a Starbucks, went through the drive-thru. ...read more

  • Today Is Super Bowl Sunday, The Most Ballyhooed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,824 views

    Today is Super Bowl Sunday, the most ballyhooed and widely watched pro football game of all. Someone defined a football game as 75,000 people sitting in a stadium, although they desperately need exercise, watching twenty-two people on the field who desperately need rest. Pastor Bob Schmidgall said ...read more

  • God Will Provide

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 3, 2006
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    Story: “God Will Provide” Back in the depression days of the early 1930’s, my husband pastored a small country church. We then had three little children. Many times our weekly income was less than $10.00. One day, we found ourselves out of bread and with only some rancid bacon grease for ...read more

  • Retaliate  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,415 views

    Retaliate Pastor Ray Stedman told the story of some Americans who were stationed in Korea during the Korean War. While there, they rented a home and hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. These Americans were a bunch of jokesters, and they soon began to take advantage of the young boy’s ...read more

  • Bury It Right!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,826 views

    BURY IT RIGHT! The story is told of a teenage son who wanted to be Scripturally baptized. His father told him that the sprinkling he got as a baby was sufficient. The son tried to explain that you can only picture the idea of burial by completely being submerged. Angry, the father told him to ...read more

  • Abraham's Upheaval

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 9, 2010
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    ABRAHAM'S UPHEAVAL I understand the UPHEAVAL OF MOVING to a different city. Packing endless boxes of books, dismantling beds and throwing out all the junk we have accumulated over time - big job. Then watching a huge truck back into our driveway, and take it all away. We have done all that many ...read more